65
Location: Taunton, Somerset
Name and type: SS Peter and Paul, Augustinian priory
Founded: 1158
Dissolved: 1538
References: Hinchcliffe 1984; Rogers 1984; Rogers unpub
Database code: XPPT77
Burials excavated from a portion of the cemetery lying to the south of the probable site of the church numbered 158. Cemetery dated broadly to between the second half of the 14th century (overlying such features as a later 14th-century bell pit) and the Dissolution. Archive contained skeleton sheets for only 150 individuals, and the published plan shows the location of only 101 burials. Skeletal data recorded by Juliet Rogers. Male to female ratio was nearly 1M:1F (41:43). Subadults formed a high 33% (49/150), with elderly only 9% (13/150). Shows a mixed population with possible zone of juveniles to west. Graves producing coffin nails not specified, although evidence was described as rare (Hinchcliffe 1984, 109).